Letters from Kanai Nirai (2005)

6.8/10 113 min Drama

Overview

Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her birthday. On Fuki's fourteenth birthday, Masami promises to confess everything when Fuki becomes 20 years old. After her graduation from high school, Fuki moves to Tokyo to work as a camera assistant. Fuki starts off her hectic life in Tokyo, and soon, her nineteenth birthday comes. As usual, she receives a birthday card from Masami. A year later...

Cast

Yu Aoi

Fuki Asato

Yuta Kanai

Nadashi Uchimori

Kaho Minami

Masami Asato

Manami Higa

Misaki Taira

Ayumu Saito

Sakiyama

Gin Maeda

Tanaka

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